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GUIDE TO 



Roekaway Beach, 



MAP AND TIME TABLES, 



SHOWING THK 



DIFFERENT ROUTES FROM NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN, 

BY RAIL AND WATER. 

WITH A COMPLETE HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE GRANDEST POPULAR 
SEASIDE RESORT IN AMERICA, ALSO, AN 

ILLXJSTRj^TIOlSr 

OF THE NEW 

Roekaway Beach Hotel, 

The Largest and Grandest Structure of the 
kind in the World. 




Price, 



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OAKLAND & CO., PUBLISHERS AND PEINTERS, 
907 Beoadway, New York. 

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(SEASIDE LANDING,) 

ROCKAWAY BEACH, NEW YORK. 

REMSEN & WAINWRIG-HT, Proprietors: 

ELEGANT ACCOMMODATIONS. 

Finest Surf and Still Water Bathing In the World, Everj Con- 
venience and Every Comfort. 

BOARD BY THE DAY OR WEEK. 



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ROCKAWAY BEACH, N. Y. 

:m:XJR^K^^^^ &: V ale IVTIIVE, Proprietors 

Largest and Best Dancing Floor on the Beach. 

Superb Restaurant, Finest Wines, Liquors, Segars, 
Ales, &e. 

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HOTELS 



FAMILIES SUPPLIED 



FIRST CLASS FEMALE HELP, 



LABOR BUREAU, 
ISTo. aSOlintoxi Fle,Ge, 

(8th Stbeet) 

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FEMALE HELP A SPEOIALTY. Proprietor. 



TRAINS TO ROCKAWAY BEACH 

STAET FEOM 

LONG ISLAND CITY— Hunters Point. FL.ATBUSH AVENUE— 

Brooklyn. BUSHAVICK AVENUE— Williamstourg, and 

are accessible by ferries, as follows:— 

TO LONG ISLAND CITY. 

[Huntee's Point]. 

Connections by Ferries from 34th Street; 7th Street; James 

Slip, (East Chambers Street); Wall Street Annex, (Pier 17, foot of 

Pine street. 
These ferries may be reached by conveyances as follows: 
34th Steeet Feeey.^ — By Elevated Kailroads on 2d and 3d Avenues; by 

horse car lines, to wit: 4th Avenue Line; Madison Avenue Line; 

East Side Belt Line; 23d Street Line; Avenue C Line; Avenue B 

Line. 
7th Steeet Feeey. — By horse car lines as follows: East Side Belt 

Line; Dry Dock and East Broadway Line; Avenue C Line; (from 

Chambers and West Streets). 
James Slip Feeey.— By horse car lines as follows: Peck Slip and 

Harlem, (1st and 2nd Avenue) Line; East Side Belt Line. 
Wall Steeet Annex — (Pier 17 foot of Pine street) — By East Side 

Belt Line of horse cars; by Broadway and Wall Street Stage Line. 



TO FLATBUSH AVENUE. 
[Beooklyn.] 
Connections by Ferries from South Ferry; Wall Street; Fulton 
Street; Catharine Street; a ad Street car lines in Brooklyn on 
Adam Street; Atlantic Avenue; and Fulton Street to Flatbush 
Avenue Depot. 

These ferries may be reached by conveyances as follows: 
South Feeey.— By Elevated Kailroad, 2d, 3d and 9th Avenue Lines; 
by Broadway and South Ferry Stage Lines; by horse car lines, to 
wit: East Side Belt Line; South Ferry and Vesey Street Linej 
West Side Belt Line. 



Wall Street Ferry.— By Broadway and Wall Street Stage Line; 

by East Side Belt horse railroad Line. 
Fulton Fekey. — By Elevated Kailroad, 2d and 3d Avenue Lines; 

by Broadway and Fulton Ferry Stage Lines; by horse car lines, to 

wit: East Side Belt Line; Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Line. 
Catharine Street Ferry. — By horse car lines to wit: East Side 

Belt Line; Peck Slip and Harlem, (1st and 2d Avsnue) Lines. 



TO BUSHWICK AVENUE. 

[Williamsburg.] 

Connections by ferries from Grand Street; Roosevelt Street, 
Houston Street; 10th Street; 23d Street; and horse cars to Bush- 
wick Avenue Depot, 

These ferries may be reached by conveyances as follows: — 

Grand Street Ferry.— By horse car lines, to wit: East Side Belt 
Line; Cortlandt and Grand Street Line; Desbrosses and Grand 
Street Line; 42d and Grand Street Line. 

Houston Street Ferry.— By horse car lines to wit: East Side 
Belt Line; 42d and Grand Street line. 

EoosEVELT Street Ferry. — By horse car lines to wit: East Side Belt 
Line: Peck Slip and Harlem, (1st and 2nd Avenues). 

10th Street Ferry.— by horse car lines, to wit: East side Belt Line; 
Dry Dock and East Broadway Line; Avenue C. Line; 14th street 
and Union Square Line; Christopher and 10th Street Line. 

23r) Street Ferry. — By Elevated railroad on 2d Avenue; by horse car 
lines to wit : East side Belt Line ; 23d street Line ; 1st and 2d Avenue 
Line; Dry Dock and East Broadway Line; Avenue C Line. 

The New York, Woodhaven and Eockaway Railroad Co., will 
commence running regular trains from each of the above points by 
or before July 15th, when trains will be run at frequent intervals, 
throughout the day and evening. Full schedules and time tables 
will be published in our next edition. 



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WE OFFER THE 
FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS 

OF THE 

HEW YORK, WOODHAVES & ROCKAWAY 
RAILROAD CO. 

Interest 7 per cent, per anniim. 

Payable January 1st and July 1st in 

NEW YORK CITY. , 

Total amount of issiie, $1,000,000. This road will 
Control the entire Railroad Travel from 
Neiv York to JRockaway Beach, which, with the 
large new Hotel and accompanying improvements, is 
destined to be one of the finest Seaside Kesorts in the 
world ! 

The running time from New York to Rockaway will be 
but about 25 to 30 minutes. The road and its appoint- 
ments are of the highest character, and cannot fail to 
command a large and profitatle business. 

We offer these bonds at 106 and accrued interest. 

Investors can obtain full particulars and information 
at our office. 

FISK & HATCH, 

No. 5 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK. 



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It will produce rrom 1 to 200 copies of any writing or drawing in 

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ROCK A WAY 



ROCKAWAY BEACH 



DESCRIPTIONS 



the pkogkess of popular favor to the sea; the rockaway beach hotel*, 

rapid transit travel, facilities, etc. ; superb marine pictures ; 

visitors' directory; the best hotels; the seaside house; 

THE HANOVER HOUSE; THE MAMOTH PAVILION; THE ROBERT 

emmett house ; the clarendon hotel ; ocean pavilion ; 

COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL; HILLIEr's SURF HOUSE 

Hepburn's new york pavilion. 

ATLAS hotel; SURF PAVILION ;KULAND'S SEASIDE PAVILION; GRAND REPUBLIC 

hotel; east ei^d hotel; sea view cottage; seaside walk 

HOUSE ; FRITZ SCHUBER's HOTEL ; GRIFFING's GROVE COTTAGE ; 

south side house; seaside drug store; hotel 

STUTTGART ; HAMMEL's HOTEL* THE HOLLAND 
house; ETC., ETC., ETC. 

BY / 

AUGUSTUS ST. CLAIR, 

NEW YORK, 
Copyright Secured. All Eights Reserved. 



MONEY!! MONEY!! 



The New York Syndicate 

LIIMIITEID. 

CAPITAL $250,000. SHARES $25 EACH. 

OFFICE, 11 WALL STREET. 



The only Company of the kind, incorporated under 
Ne^A^ York State Laws for 

DEALING IN STOCKS. 



It has paid $292 In dividends, in four months, on each $100 
invested. 



DIVIDENDS MONTHLY. 



Persons desiring to invest large or small sums for 
dealing in stocks, will find the advantages offered by 
this Company superior to all others. 

Circulars and full information furnished on appli- 
cation. 

^,^ W. R. DUNNING, Secretary. 



ROCKAWAY. 

Forty years ago Kockaway was, with the single exception of 
Saratoga Springs, the most famous and fashionable watering place in 
America. About the year 1833 the Marine Pavilion was built, and 
in its time was one of the most renowned of Summer hotels. It was 
two stories high, and contained about 150 rooms. Its piazza, 200 feet 
long and 25 feet broad, fronted the ocean, and was promenaded by 
the statesmen, leaders of society and fashion, and distinguished 
foreign visitors, during the palmy days of Jackson, Tyler and Van 
Buren. In 1864 it was consumed by fire, and thereafter the place 
resumed its desultory character, being abandoned as a popular water- 
ing place. 

Rockaway Beach was a dreary waste of sand heaps. It is nearly 
five miles long, and from an eighth to half a mile wide. The ocean 
front is almost a straight line while the Northern front, on Jamaica 
Bay, is as crooked as a ram's horn. The view of the ocean is unsur- 
passed, the beach can not be excelled for bathing, and all the sur- 
roundings are unexcej)tionably desirable. The atmosphere, even in 
the hottest weather is fresh, cool and delightful, and visitors ex- 
perience new insjjiration in inhaling the salty ocean breezes, and 
increased vigor from the saline tonic of surf bathing. In recent years 
these advantages have gradually come to be more generally realized, 
and many thousands of people have enjoyed them. American talent, 
enterprise and capital has now combined to give to Eockaway an 
immense impetus, the force of which can not abate, but must rapidly 
increase in future years. The construction of a new air-line double 
track railroad and the erection of a mammoth hotel, together with a 
wonderful transformation of the sand heaps into beautiful lawns, and 
flower beds, will render this the most popular and best of all seaside 
resorts. 



8 GUIDE TO EOCKIWAY BEACH. 

The following lines are so faithfully descriptive of this delightful 
place that we gladly insert them for the gratification of the reader, 

ROCKAWAY. 

On auld Long Island's sea-girt shore. 
Many an kour I've whiled away. 

In liat'ning to the breakers roar 
That wash the beach at Rockaway. 

Transfix'd I've stood while Nature's lyre 
In one harmonions concert broke. 

And, catching its Promethean fir» 
My inmost soul to rapture woke. 

O ! how delightful 'tis to stroll 
Where murmuring winds and waters meet. 

Marking the billows as they roll 
And break, resistless, at your feet ; 

To watch young Iris as she dips 
Her mantle in the sparkling dew 

And chased by Sol, away she trips 
O'er the horizon's quiv'ring blue. 

On auld Long Island's sea-girt shore 
Many an hour I've whiled away. 

In listning to the breakers roar 
That wash the beach at Rockaway. 

Majestic scene! where Nature dwells 
Profound in everlasting love. 

While her unmeasur'd music swells 
The vaulted firmament above. 



GUIDE TO BOCBLA-W^AT BEACH. 9 

THE PROGRESS OF POPULAR FAVOR TO THE 

SEA. 

The Summer-tide current of popular enthusiasm surging seaward 
IS almost marvelous, and the swelling proportions attained each year 
seem almost incredible, and, although there is no alarming depletion 
of inland resorts, the effect is already noticeable in certain instances, 
with indications that must be more pionounced in the early future. 
Thousands yet go to the hillsides, climb to the montain-tops, or 
flock to the mineral spring regions in search of pleasure and physical 
improvement; but hundreds of thousands swarm to the ocean shores 
in preference. The dry, clear atmosphere of the mountain echoes, 
the dewy morning air of the meadows, and the tingling relish of the 
spring waters have their measure of merit and attractiveness. But 
the current of Summer voyagers is veering strongly in the direction 
of the sea shore. There they gain the unequaled tonic of saline 
breezes tempered by the sunshine, and the stimulus of the briny 
bath in the waves, with showers of sparkling spray and the dash of 
the foaming surf. And, though mineral springs do not bubble forth 
from the sands, the waters of Saratoga and other springs are brought 
hither, fresh and relishsome for those who desire them. And in 
other respects this popular seaside resort combines with its own 
natural advantages many others common and peculiar, to inland 
watering places. 



THE ROCKAV/AY BEACH HOTEL. 

A COLOSSAL STRUCTURE. 

The Rockaway Beach Hotel is the largest, best appointed, and most 
admirably and conveniently located seaside caravansery in the world. 
The main hotel building is thirteen miles from the City Hall, New 
York. It has a frontage of 1080 feet on the ocean, also 1080 front- 
age on Jamaica Bay, with a piazza 70 feet wide by 1,500 feet in 
length, extending on three sides. The striicture is placed 18 feet 
above high water mark, is solidly and perfectly built, and thoroughly 
ventilated in every part. The water and gas supply furnished from 
the company's own works is sufificient for a city of 50,000 inhabitants. 
The quality of both gas and water is superlative. 



10 GUIDE TO EOCKAWAX BEACH. 

The drainage system is believed to be up to the mark of absolute 
perfection; all the refuse matter is discharged through massive iron 
pipes at a point distant four miles from the hotel, and is carried by 
direct currents into Jamaica Bay, without the possibility of a reflux to 
any portion of these shores. 

Steam heat, by the most approved method, is distributed through- 
out 250 rooms, the halls, the j)arlors, and all public parts of the build- 
ing. Besides, 80 rooms have fire grates, 250 rooms have private 
baths, 500 rooms are supplied with running water; all the rooms 
connect, and each has a capacious closet for clothing, etc. There are 
four main hallways, each 1080 feet long, and wings each 250 feet long. 
There are ten stairways, five of which are enclosed in fire-proof 
masonry. There are two elevators in the observatory, which is 200 
feet square on the toj) of the hotel, where there is a seating capacity 
for 1,000 persons. This elevation affords an unobstructed viev/ of the 
ocean, the bay, and the Long Island country for many miles. 

The construction of this colossal hotel has been conducted under 
the best auspices that money und talent can bring into requisition, 
the main objects in view being the safety, health, convenience and 
pleasure of the public— expense being altogether a secondary con- 
sideration. All of the arrangements are first-class, and are ample for 
the accommodation of 1,500 permanent guests on the American plan; 
and also for 6,000 guests on the European plan, with entirely sejDarate 
and distinct organizations for each. Messrs. Le Brun & Son are the 
architects of this magnificent edifice. 

Sufficient equipment will be provided for the comfortable and safe 
conveyance of from 60,000 to 70,000 passengers, each way daily. 

Annex boats will be run from various convenient points to con- 
nect with the Kockaway Beach trains at Hunter's Point. 

Arrangements are made by which tickets will be sold and baggage 
checked to Kockaway Beach, from prominent points on the Penn- 
sylvania Railroad, the Central railroad of New Jersey, and the Eail- 
roads generally running into New York City; and also with Dodd's 
Express Company, for selling tickets and checking baggage to and 
from any hotel, residence or place of business in New York City 
and the hotels at the Beach. 



GUIDE TO EOCKAWAY BEACH. 11 

A WINTER RESORT. 

The Kockawat Beach Hotel will be maintained as a winter resort. 
The growing disposition of the people to seek the sea-side in the 
winter season, both for health and pleasure has been pleasantly and 
profitably illustrated in the crowded hotels in Atlantic City, N. J., 
during the winter of 1879, and 1880. 

The sea is never more beautiful, the air is ever healthful, bracing, 
and exhilarating. Quick, easy, comfortable access via. the splendid 
new railroad will afford every facility for invalids and business men 
in early and late hours. As has been heretofore mentioned, the hotel 
is admirably heated, and every comfort and luxury provided for 
winter guests. 

THE BATH HOUSES AND THE. BEACH. 

Adjoining the hotel are 2,500 single and 800 family bath houses, 
each being supplied with gas and running fresh water. Thus, 
bathers, on leaving the surf, may enjoy the luxury of shower baths at 
their pleasure. 

The beach is acknowledged to be unsurpassed in the world. It is 
smooth, compact, and entirely free from the various perils and in- 
conveniences that are the detracting features of other seaside resorts. 

Convenience, Pleasuke, Protection and Comfort. 
The company, being in absolute ownership of a large area of the 
Rockaway Peninsula, adjacent to the hotel, have made every pro- 
vision for the welfare of their patrons. In caring for their enjoyment 
and every comfort, they effectually exclude from the vicinity of their 
domain all the disagreeable surroundings that too often plague and 
mar the attractions of other seaside watering places. They are ever 
on the alert to add in every possible way any acd all desirable fea- 
tures that can contribute to the many unrivalled natural advantages 
of the location, and enhance the comfort and satisfaction of their 
guests. 

Rapid Transit Travel, Facilities, Etc. 

The facilities for reaching this magnificent place are unequaled. 
From New York, as well as from all parts of the country, special 
arrangements have been perfected for the immense summer travel to 
this place. The New York, Woodhaven and Rockaway standard 
gauge, double track railroad, extends from Hunters' Point, direct to 



12 GUIDE TO KOCKAWAY BEACH. 

the hotel. There are also connecting lines from Bushwick, from 
Williamsburg and from Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, The road has 
been built and equipped with the special object of securing perfect 
safety, and attaining the best speed in the movement of trains. The 
cars are built upon the latest improved parlor patterns. The train 
service includes both express and way trains, so that passengers from 
the city termini are perfectly free from the tiresome and j^rovoking 
annoyance of stopping en-i-oide. Trains will always be provided to 
accommodate the public at short intervals, and with ample accommo- 
dation to any requisite limit. 

THE OCEAN ROUTE. 

Tkains run from the city to the sea in thirty minutes, in such 
frequency as to meet all public demands. A large fleet of steamers 
will touch at different points on the Hudson and East Kivers, and 
passing through the upper and lower bays will land passengers at 
the company's pier, close to the hotel. 

The route by water from New York to Rockaway Beach is very 
direct, the distance being about 26 miles, and the time occupied 
being about one hour and a half. The sail is the most delightlul in the 
world, and the voyageur from the heated metropolis enjoys fragrant, 
cooling sea-breezes, and an unrivaled marine panorama. The pass- 
age affords a sweeping view of the harbor and lower bay, with its 
shipping of every variety; and lovely scenery along the New Jersey, 
Long Island and Staten Island shores, including the city fronts of 
New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City; the picturesque villages of Bay 
Ridge, Fort Hamilton, New Brighton, Stapleton and Tompkinsville; / 
also. Governors Island, Bedloes Island, the United States fortiflca- l 
tions, including Fort Columbus, Castle William, Fort Hamilton, Fort 
Wadsworth, and the historic Fort Lafayette; with Sandy Hook and 
the Nevesink Highlands, and the lighthouses, and Quarantine vessels 
and stations in the distance. Just before nearing Rockaway Bay the 
steamer's course runs cloa 3 to the Coney Island shore, where a com- 
plete view is obtained of the numerous hotels, the railroads, the iron- 
pier, the drives, the throngs of carriages, and the multitudes of 
pleasure seekers on the piazzas, the walks, and along the beach; and 
thousands of bathers disporting themselves in the briny surf. 

The passage by nights is even more novel and charming, when the 



GUIDE TO EOCKAWAY BEACH. 13 

scene is reproduced with wierd and enchanting effect under the in- 
tense glare of electric lights which pale the clearest moonbeams, and 
penetrate the billows until they seem like waves of liquid fire. One 
trip suffices to show the delighted visitor the many excellencies and 
advantages — both natural and artificial — of Rockaway Beach. It is 
the Ne Plus Ultra of fashionable, popular and accessible metropolitan 
sea-side Summer resorts. 

THE NEW IRON PIER. 

The grand new Iron Pier is the largest and finest structure of its 
kind in the United States. It extends 1300 feet, from the beach out 
into the ocean, beyond the breakers, afl'ording good deep water, 
amply sufficient for the landing of the largest class- of steamers. Its 
general width is 31 1-2 feet, the pier head being 81 1-2 feet wide. In 
its proportions, as well as in its general construction, it surpasses the 
Iron Piers of Long Branch and Coney Island, in its special arrange- 
ments several important improvements having been added. Every 
span is braced, which gives it a degree of solidity and strength equal 
to the strains of the severest winter storms, and beyond that ever 
before attained in any iron work of this class. Its surface affords an 
acre of promenade over the ocean billows, and a delightful resort for 
visitors, who enjoy an unrivalled marine view, and obtain the full 
benefit of cool, refreshing, salt sea breezes. During the entire sum- 
mer season there will be concerts provided. At night it will be bril- 
liantly illuminated by 212 gas-jets, with colored globes of various 
tints and hues, and 80 large chandeliers. An awning extending over 
its entire length will nfford ample shade from the r^xys of the sun, as 
well as shelter from the rain ; and 150 flags will comprise its decora- 
tions. The only buildings will be the ticket office at the entrance, 
and the Pavilion at the pier-head. The admission from the shore is 
fixed at ten cents. A fleet of steamboats will make eight round trips 
daily, to and from New York direct. Excursion tickets are 50 cents; 
single tickets, 30 cents (including admission to the pier.) 

This grand structure is owned by " The Rockaway Beach Pier Com- 
pany." The contractors are "the National Construction Company, 
(limited). The engineers are Messrs. Maclay & Davis, who were also 
the engineers of the Long Branch and the Coney Island piers, and 
are managing directors of this Company. 



14 GUIDE TO EOCKAWAY BEACH. 

The celebrated female diver, Miss Belle Bernhardt, will give exhi- 
bitions daily, and there will be other attractions on the pier during 
the season. 

SUPERB MARINE PICTURES. 

THE IDYLS OF THE SEASON. 

The situation of the new Rockaway Beach Hotel is admirable and 
grand, and commands a most magnificent prospect of the beautiful 
sea. From this point is an unimpeded view of the mighty deep, with 
its rolling billows of blue edging the distant horizon at the limit 
of eye-sight; and its nearer surf, seething, roaring, flashing and foam- 
ing with exhausted force against the white sandy beach. Here is an 
ever-changing, never-ceasing kaleidoscope of marine pictures of 
steamships and sailing vessels of every variety and nationality. The 
smoke wreaths floating in the air above the steamers' funnels, the 
white wings of canvas spread to the breeze above the ships' decks, ex- 
cursion steamboats and yachts nearer shore, approaching, passing, 
receding into view and out of sight, during all the hours of the day,' 
and in the moonbeams or under the starlight of night, constitutes a 
panorama of absorbing and tireless interest. Occasionally there will 
occur the pleasurable excitement of an ocean yacht race; the animated 
spectacle of thousands of bathers frolicking in the surf, with avast 
number of lookers on along the beach, all day and late into the 
evening. While the melodious strains of a superb orchestra re- 
sound in the air on the immense piazzas. The picture is incomplete 
without noticing the groups of happy children romping, playing 
croquet and other juvenile games upon the wide plateau. 

All this is enjoyed by the guests from their rooms overlooking the 
sea, their promenades, or the parlors. From the time they awake in 
the crisp, bracing air of the morning, wafted from the salty billows, 
until the hour of retiring, when the sonorous echoes of the surf sing 
them to sleep as with a soothing lullaby, and the cool Atlantic 
zephyrs fan them through dreamland, there is no dearth of amuse- 
ment. Such are the idyls of the season at midsummer tide at this 
great hotel. The more substantial and indispensable items of attrac- 
tion, as set forth at length and in full in the sumptuously spread and 
well-served tables, are all that heart could wish for. The inner and 
outer man has all the appetizing requirements more than satisfied by 
the surpassing and ample provision of the master artists of the cuisine. 



GUIDE TO EOCKAWAT BEACH. 15 

VISITORS' DIRECTORY. 

Wheee to go and how to get there. Notes of thic best Hotels and 

OTHER FIRST-CLASS ReSORTS AT RoCKAWAT BeACH. 

The publishers of this Guide have exercised the greatest care in its 
compilation, their main purpose being to enable visitors to this un- 
equalled sea-side resort to find just such public houses as -will be 
suitable to their expectations as regards location, surroundings, style 
and expense. None but reputable and well-conducted houses have 
been admitted to these pages, and by consulting them the reader will 
avoid all doubts and mistakes. 

Respectable Houses and Reasonable Prices. 
The public houses here described are conducted under excellent 
regulations, and their managers exert themselves in e\ery possible 
way to secure and i^romote the comfort and pleasure of their patrons. 
Their charges are reasonable and their accommodations most ample 
and excellent. The prices for good meals vary from forty cents to 
seventy-five cents. Dinners, suppers, etc., called for in extra style, 
range from one dollar to one dollar and a half; meats, fish, oysters, 
clams, pastry, ice cream, with chicken, etc., are furnished in the res- 
taurants as cheaply as any one can wish. Soda, lemonade, beer, 
wines, liquors and segars are also charged for at ordinary and reason- 
able prices. The quality is excellent, and visitors will experience 
complete satisfaction not only in respect to the retreshments they 
obtain, but in the charges they pay, and the handsome treatment 
they will invariably receive. Ladies, families, and children will be 
politely attended to, and most amply protected from everything dis- 
agreeable. This latter feature will be noted as one of the most credit- 
able peculiarities of Rockaway Beach. 

SURF BATHING. 
There is no beach in the world equal to that of Rockaway. The 
sandy shore is of almost silvery whiteness, and it shelves gently and 
gradually toward deep water. It is always clean, and never can be 
polluted by the filth which floats from New York and scums the 
shores along Bay Ridge, Bath, and Coney Island. There is ab- 
solutely NO UNDERTOW, and bathers are subject to no peril whatever. 
Life-lines, life-boats, and an efficient coast-guard composed of expert 



16 GUIDE TO KOCKAWAY BEACH. 

seamen, with a corps of powerful swimmers, are always in readiness 
to watch and warn the careless, and to rescue such foolhardy persons 
as will occasionally appear on the beach. 

SELECT HOTELS. 

THE SEASIDE HOUSE. 

This old established and favorite house has for a score of years 
maintained its high repute as a superb first-class inn. The proprie- 
tors are Messrs. Remsen & Wainwright. who are well known to many 
thousands of visitors. Mr. James Remsen justly enjoys the credit of 
being the pioneer of enter j) rise, perseverance and success in connec- 
tion with the hotel interests especii.lly, and the welfare and advance- 
ment of Rockaway Beach generally. Nearly thirty years ago he fore- 
saw the immense advantages that are now realized, and then, when 
land was considered almost worthless, he commenced to purchase, 
and upon securing a large tract, opened a hotel. At that time his 
friends believed bim to be deranged, and instead of squandering his 
time and money on sand heaps, they thought he might be better 
placed in a lunatic asylum, but to-day they entertain very different 
opinions. After long years of patient waiting and earnest work, his 
predictions are fulfilled, and Rockaway Beach has entered upon an 
era of unprecedented prosperity. Mr. Wm. Wainwright, his partner 
in the hotel, a courteous, pleasant gentleman, has been located here for 
several years, and together they conduct the house in a manner 
second to no other resort of its kind. The building is situated direct- 
ly in front of the three piers known as the seaside landing, on 
Jamaica Bay, where all the steamboats discharge their passengers, 
and from its piazzas and windows it commands a sweeping view of 
the ocean, the bay and the new colossal hotel. It is also near both 
of the railroad stations (two minutes walk only), and fronts West- 
wardly on Remsen Avenue, the principal thoroughfare. The piazzas 
are thirteen feet wide, extending on three sides of the house on the 
first and second stories. The building which is three stories in 
height has been thoroughly renovated, a new Mansard story added, 
and has elegant accommodations for nearly 300 guests. Heating 
facilities are supplied to 16 of the best rooms, in the fall season. 
The appointments are new and handsome, the table is famous for 
neatness, luxury and abundance, and the charges are always reason- 



GUIDE TO ROCKAWAY BEACH. 17 

able. The dining room seats 200 persons. The wine room is in a 
separate building across the avenue, and on the main pier is a 
spacious first class restaurant. Connected with this establishment 
is the Surf Pavilion, situated on the beach, at the other end of Eem- 
sen Avenue, about five minutes' walk over the broad plank walk. 
It has a very extensive platform, commanding a fine view of the sea 
and the new iron pier, and on the upper fioors has 20 sleeping rooms 
facing the ocean. There 600 bath houses, with ample attendance. 
A catamaran and expert swimmers are always on auty for the benefit 
oi guests. The Lion Brewery lager is served at this seaside establish- 
ment. 

MEYEE'S HOTEL. 

Directly opposite the grand new Iron Pier is situated the well 
known and favorite " Meyer's Hotel." Its genial and enterprising 
proprietor has attained a well merited success by his earnest and 
assiduous attention to the wants of his guests, and the admirable 
perfection always maintained in the management of his splendid 
hotel. He personally supervises all the details of his business, and 
his courtesy and the thoroughness of his system is a theme of com- 
plimentary comment among thousands of patrons. 

The house is 150x100 feet, and has about 100 superior rooms, all 
airy, neat, pleasant, and furnished with every comfort. It has been 
completely renovated and is in excellent condition, the parlors, din- 
ing room, wine room, etc., being unsurpassed on the Beach. About 
150 boarders can be accommodated in elegant style. There are 800 
bathing houses, with separate place for ladies, new bathing suits, 
shoes, hats, etc. Nonpareil life rafts are kept constantly on duty, in 
charge of expert seamen for the protection of bathers. The terms for 
board are from $12 to $20 per week according to the location of rooms, 
Mr. Samuel Meyer's commenced this enterprise five years ago in a 
house 20x40 feet, and his present splendid success is directly due to his 
energy, perseverence and liberal treatmert of all who patronize him. 
He owns land from the Beach to the railroad, one of the finest loca- 
tions at Kockaway, and ceded the privileges enabling the Pier Com- 
pany to erect and maintain their splendid structure. The restaurant 
is conducted in superb style by Mr. Baust, one of the best of New 
York caterers. 



18 GUIDE TO EOCKA.WAY BEACH. 

ATLAS HOTEL. 

Eastward a short distance from the grand new Iron Pier, is situated 
the Atlas Hotel, one of the newest and best built houses along the 
beach. It is on the corner of Ocean Avenue and Henry street, and 
has a magnificent frontage on the sea. The piazzas are 112x25 feet, 
and they command a lovely niiirine view. There are accommodations 
of a superior class for 150 boarders, and a very complete restaurant is 
attached, where meals can be oidered at all hours, and at the most 
reasonable prices. There are 200 bath houses, all new, 5x5 in size, 
12 feet ceilings, with splendid ventilation at the top, both back and 
front. An excellent regular dinner is served for 75 cents. A fine 
plank walk 13 feet wide leads to the second steamboat landing, and 
to the railroad stations. Expert swimmers and a catamaran are 
always on duty for the benefit of bathers. Messrs. Curley & Sheeran 
are the proprietors, and they entertain a large number of the best 
class of patrons. There is no superior seaside hotel in the country. 
Huber's and Urban & Abbot's lager is kept at this house. 

THE MAMMOTH PAVILION. 

Among the notable featra-es of the place is the Mammoth Pavilion, 
under the proprietary management of Messrs. Murray & Valentine. 
This is one of the best known establishments on the beach, and has 
justly won the high reputation that it enjoys among many thousands 
of patrons. It is very centrally located on the corner of Remsen and 
Ocean Avenues directly opposite the grand new iron pier, aud com- 
mands a most magnificent view of the oaean and the beach. The 
premises are two stories high, and 160x120 feet in dimensions. On 
the first floor is an extensive and completely appointed restaurant, 
where meals and refreshments of all kinds and of the very best 
quality are served at popular prices. The dancing platform, (which 
has been removed to the second floor) is one of the largest and best to 
be found at anv seaside resort. Superb music is furnished by Prof. 
Kreyer's Novelty Theatre Band. The proprietors, Mr. Sandford 
Murray and Mr. Thomas Valentine are widely and popularly known 
among hosts of friends and patrons, and they have achieved a well 
merited success in their enterprise. The Pilsner and Lion Brewery 

Beer is kept at this establishment. 



GUIDE TO EOCKA.WAY BEACH. 19 

SUKF PAVILION. 
This very popular and successful house is situated on the corner of 
Elderts and Ocean avenues, and is very easily reached by a fine plank 
walk from Eldert's landing, and from the railroad station. It has 
443 feet frontage on the beach, and affords a magnificent view of the 
broad Atlantic. The dancing floor is 80x40 feet in the main build- 
ing, and 40x50 feet in the extension. There are elegant accommo- 
dations for 25 boarders. The restaurant seats 125 persons, and re- 
freshments can be ordered at all hours. A splendid regular dinner 
is served for 75 cents, and an extra dinner for one dollar. The build- 
ing is one of the best to be found at any seaside resort, and the danc- 
ing platform has the advantage of being enclosed quickly by large 
shutters in case of a sudden shower, or a high wind. There are 300 
bathing houses in charge of polite attendants. Expert swimmers 
and a life boat are always on duty for the benefit of bathers. The 
proprietors are Messrs. Harper & Stumpf. The former was for years 
proprietor of the celebrated resort at the corner of Pine street and 
Broadvray, and was always noted as a connoisieur of fine liquors. He 
is of an amphibious nature and " takes to the water like a duck," and 
has frequently rescued bathers who ventured foolishly into peril. 
All of the arrangements are first-class, and all charges are reasonable. 
Music is always in attendance, and there are nightly " hops," closing 
at 10 1-2, except on grand ball occasions. This house has no 
superior. Otto Huber's liquor is served here. 

RULAND'S SEASIDE PAVILION. 

This elegant and commodious establishment at the corner of 
Holland and Ocean Avenues, has been enlarged and completely 
renovated, and is one of the most admirably arranged and well- 
conducted Summer hotels in the country. It stands within twenty 
feet of the surf, and commands an unsurpassed view of the ocean, the 
beach, and the grand new Iron Pier. The dancing platform is 75x90 
feet, and the dining room 30x100 feet, are always cool and delightful 
with the salt sea-breezes wafted from the ocean. A promenade 
veranda 350 feet in length by 15 feet in width, surrounds the build- 
ing. A fine bar, a shooting gallery, and a bowling alley is connected 
with the house. There are 30 large, airy, well-furnished sleeping 
rooms. The restaurant is unexcelled, and meals are furnished on the 



20 GUIDE TO EOCKAWAY BEACH. 

European plan promptly at all hours. Dinners in various styles are 
served at from 75 cents to $1.50. Everything is first-class, and all 
charges are reasonable. Mr. Albert Ruland, the popular proprietor, 
gives his personal attention to all details, and every guest receives 
thorough attention. Liberal arrangements are made for board by the 
day, or the week, and with pic-nics and excursions. Superb music 
is supplied by Prof. Zeigler's brass and string band. There are 150 
bath houses, and the finest surf bathing in the world, 

THE EGBERT EMMET HOUSE 

Has a very superior location on Ocean Avenue, just above Remsen 
Avenue, and near the grand new Iron Pier. The broad and extensive 
platforms afibrd a most delightful view of the beach and the surf, and 
give visitors the full benefits of the cool, refreshing, salt sea-breezes. 
The restaurant is very large and complete, and a great number of 
people can be accommodated. Everything is first-class and in abun- 
dance. There is also a private dining room, and sleeping rooms for 
about 100 guests. Dinner is served for fifty cents. Wines, liquors, 
beer, and cigars of the first quality are supplied. The charges are 
always reasonable, and everybody is made comfortable and happy 
under the excellent arrangements of the gentlemanly proprietor and 
his good lady — Mr. and Mrs. John Flanagan. There are 100 bath 
houses connected with this establishment. 

THE CLARENDON HOTEL 

Has an advantageous and beautiful location on Ocean Aveniae, and 
near the great new Iron Pier. From its broad platform is afforded a 
splendid marine view, audits beach frontage gives excellent privileges 
for bathing in the curling surf. The proprietor is Mr. Hiram E. 
Leman, and his system of arrangements are so complete and ex- 
tensive that none of his numerous guests ever lack attention or go 
away without perfect satisfaction. He conducts an excellent 
restaurant, and is quite noted for getting iip good dinners. Various 
retreshments, including ales, wines, lager, cigars, etc., are served 
in first-class style, and the quality is unexceptionally fine. Meals 
can be ordered at all times at most reasonable prices. A good dinner 
is served for 50 cents, a splendid dinner for 75 cents, an extra 
dinner for one dollar. There are 200 bath houses, with polite 
attendants in charge. 

OCEAN PAVILION. 

Thousands of our readers will recall the name of Fayette Welch, of 
minstrelsy fame, and many will doubtless recollect with pleasure the 
entertainment they have enjoyed on some occasion when attending 
the performances of his troupes. Those who have the good fortune 
to visit his Ocean Pavilion by the surf at Rockaway Beach, will find 
him just as genial and enjoyable in the character of " mine host," pre- 
siding at his cheery inn. The situation is most convenient and de- 



GUIDE TO ROCKA.WAT BEACH. 21 

lightful ; the house is well appointed, and guests are made to feel not 
only happy, but at home. Refreshments of all kinds, first-class, and 
in abundance are furnished to order, and excellent surf bathing also. 
There are fifty good bath houses, and j)olite and ample attendance. 
Prices are reasonable and excursion parties will always find the best 
of accommodation. 

COSMOPOLITAN HOTEL. 

This house is located by the corner of Remsen and Ocean Avenues, 
and is but two minutes' walk from the grand new Iron Pier, and is 
less than five minutes' walk from the Railroad stations, as well as the 
seaside steamboat landings, one of the most central points on the 
Beach. 

It is very spacious, well arranged and liberally conducted. There 
are 15 sleeping rooms for guests, an extensive restaurant accommo- 
dating 250 persons. There are 150 bathing rooms. The proprietors, 
Messrs. Horn & Johnson, have made important and extensive altera- 
tions and additions, and now present vurious new attractions for the 
pleasure and comfort of their patrons. 

Wagons drawn by goats, and also bycicles will be furnished to de- 
light children, and a shooting gallerj^ is to be arranged on the ground 
floor. The platform has been extended around the building and beer 
will be served on the beach. The view of the ocean, the Iron Pier 
and the surf from this house is magnificent, and the cool, refreshing 
sea breezes are always most enjoyable. Dinner is served for 40 cents, 
and meals to order in the restaurant are at most reasonable prices. 
Hubert's lager is kept at this house. 

HILLIER'S SURF HOUSE. 
This house has a fine location, being not far from the new Iron 
Pier, and is next in line with the colossal new Rockaway Beach 
Hotel. The premises extend to and cover 500 feet of the ocean 
beach, where the bathing is superb. The hotel is situated upon a 
slight elevation, and guests have the broad expanse of the sea, as well 
as the beach in iull view from their piazzas and from their rooms. 
The surroundings are most desirable, and it is quite convenient to 
the seaside landing, the new Iron Pier, nnd the railroad stations. 
The Messrs. Hillier have an excellent restaurant, and supply refresh- 
ments of all kinds to order. Their wines, liquors, segars, lager, etc. 
are of fine quality, and their jsrices are always reasonable. They are 
about to add largely to their accommodations, and will make their 
place more attractive than ever. They have 250 bath houses, with 
polite attendants. 

HEPBURN'S NEW YORK PAVILION 
Is quite a favorite resort for manj' New Yorkers who have the best of 
opinions as to the proprietors' good taste and management of this 
popular place. The house is ke^Dt in New I'^ork style, and od New 
York prices, the hotel and restaurant being on the European plan. 



22 GUIDE TO EOOKAWAY BEACH. 

Pic-nic and private parties are accommodated free of charge, and 
every provision is made for their comfort and convenience. There is 
no better location on the beach. There are sleeping accommodations 
for about 40 persons, and the restaurant can supply the wants of 
about 600. There are 280 bath houses, with the best of att ndants. 
The dancing platform is very extensive, and commands an unsur- 
passed view ot the ocean. Everything is first-class, and patrons of 
this establishment are unanimous in their praise of its able and 
efficient management. All prices are reasonable, and no house on the 
beach can boast of better arrangements. 

GRAND EEPUBLIC HOTEL. 

The Grand Republic Hotel and Vienna Cafe, may be enumerated 
among the new and interesting features of the Beach. It is finely 
located, having an advantageous frontage on Ocean Avenue, in full 
view of the great Iron Pier, and in the midst of the long line of sum- 
mer hotels. The dancing platform is 100x200 feet, and the merry 
dancers enjoy the cooling sea breeze as they trip to the charming 
music of the band, (which consists of 15 instruments. ) The house is 
conveniently arranged and well conducted by the proprietors, Mr. 
Kieman Coghlan and Mr. Julius Einkinstein, who are popularlj^ 
known to a large circle of patrons and friends. There are 300 sleep- 
ing rooms and a fine restaurant with accommodations for 500 per- 
sons. There are also 200 bath houses, and watchmen, swimmers 
and life-lines amply provided. An excellent regular dinaei is fur- 
nished for 75 cents, and all charges in the restaurant and at the bar 
are reasonable. Everything is first-class. This is a favorite resort 
for thousands. 

EAST END HOTEL. 

This new and splendid hotel has one of the best locations at 
Rockaway Beach. The site is upon high ground, and the house faces 
the ocean It is most admirably and conveniently arranged, is newly 
and handsomely furnished, and all the surroundings are unexcep- 
tionally pleasant. There are 120 rooms which are large, airy, and 
cheerful, and arranged singly and in suits. The spacious dining hall 
is one of the most delightful to be found, the numerous windows ad- 
mitting the cooling sea-breezes at all times. There are smoking and 
reading rooms attached, also a restaurant where guests are served by 
bill of fare. Regular meals are ready upon the arrival of all boats and 
trains, which bring passengers within a short distance. Adjacent is 
an extensive pavilion and dancing platform, situated but a few feet 
from the surf for the use of guests, excursionists, etc. There are also 
300 new, improved and commodious bath houses, with choice suits, 
and every precaution for the safety of patrons. All charges are very 
reasonable. Terms for regular or transient board can be arranged 
favorably upon application to the proprietor. 



GUIDE TO KOCKAWAT BEACH. 23 

HOTEL STUTTGART. 

This splendid house has one of the finest locations on the beach, 
being on the corner of Conway and Ocean Avenues, and right next 
to the grand new Iron Pier. A broad plank walk leads from here to 
the railroad station, and the steamboat landings. Very important 
improvements have been made by the proprietor, Mr. Henry Hill- 
meyer. The platforms are 58x25 and 67x22. Board can be had by 
the day or the week at reasonable prices, and there is a restaurant 
where a splendid regular dinner is served for 75 cents, and meals can 
be had to order at all hours. Ales, wines, liquors and cigars, and 
everything pertaining to a first-cla<^s hotel, are the very best. There 
are 25 lodging rooms and 150 bath houses, with the finest new flannel 
suits. Gas is supplied throughout the building. The new dancing 
platform is one of the best to be found anywhere, and the view of the 
ocean, the Iron Pier, etc., the cool breezes, the surf bathing, and 
the splendid music can not be excelled. New York, Cincinnati, and 
Milwaukie lager is served at this hotel. 

HAMMELL'S HOTEL. 

Is very finely situated, facing Jamaica Bay and commanding an ex- 
tensive and beautiful view of the water and the surrounding country. 
Just in front of the house is Hammell's Pier, the last steamboat land- 
ing. Mr. Louis Hammell, the proprietor, has been here many years, 
and owns several buildings and a large tract of land extending across 
the Peninsula, from the Ocean to the Bay. The hotel has about 100 
rooms, and all of its appointments are elegant and comfortable, and 
calculated to please the best class of family boarders. Guests are served 
with regular meals, or a la carte. Regular dinners in excellent style 
are from 75 cents to one dollar. The bar room is opposite and separate 
from the hotel itself. Regular or transient board on the most reason- 
able terms. There is a large dancing platform for excursionists, and 
every facility for clam bakes, chowder, etc. There are 100 bathhouses, 
and excellent still water bathing. Music is provided semi-weekly. 

HAMMELL'S SURF PAVILION. 

Under the able and efficient management of Mr. Megarus, has the most 
prominent portion on the lower part of the Beach. There has been a 
new and elegant pavilion built, extending out to the surf farthest of 
asy other, and its dancing platforms are superb. From this point a 
view of all the beach is attainable, from FarRockaway to the Iron Pier, 
and the colossal new hotel. An excellent restaurant is attached where 
meals are served at all hours in the best style. There are new and 
finely furnished rooms in the upper part, and board can be obtained 
reasonably. The platforms are 100x48 and 80x36, and have excellent 
accommodations for pic-nics and sociables. There are 200 bath houses 
and the finest surf bathing in the world. 



24 GUIDE TO EOCKAWAY BEACH. 

SEA VIEW COTTAGE. 
Of the multitudes who swarm to Kockaway Beach, thousands will 
recollect Mr. J. H. Waters, formerly of Elm Park, Staten Island, and 
also of the Central House, Canal street, (near Earle's Hotel), N. Y. 
He is now proprietor of the Sea View Cottage, on Kemsen Avenue, 
situated about miaway between the seaside landing and the ocean 
beach. His house is new and remarkably well arranged, and well 
kept, and can accommodate about 30 guests. All the rooms are 
pleasant, the dining room being 30x40 feet, with a sixteen foot ceiling, 
and all the doors and windows have wire gauze enclosures, eflfectually 
excluding flies and mosquitoes. The kitchen has such draught, sea- 
breeze ventilation, that no odors of cooking can be perceived. Every- 
thing is homelike and clean. The house is kept on the American 
and European plans. A splendid regular dinner is served at 60 cents, 
and meals are promptly furnished to order at all hours. The wines, 
cigars, etc., are superlative, and as a select, quiet resort, it is one of 
the distinctive features of the place. Abbot & Urban's lager is served 
cool from sunrise to midnight. 

SEASIDE WALK HOUSE. 

This extensive and well arranged establishment is very centrally 
located on Remsen Avf.^nue, between the seaside landing and the 
beach, and its piazza joins the platform of the Long Island Railroad 
Depot. The genial proj^rietor, Alderman E. E. Datz, of Jersey City, 
IS "the right man in the right place," socially and politically, and 
conducts this hotel in admirable style. The house is very extensive, 
and includes a very capacious restaurant, a fine bar, lodging rooms, 
and a large pic-nic grove. There is no better situation in this vicin- 
ity. Private board can be obtained by the day or week. Elegant 
regular dinners are served at one dollar, and meals can be had to 
order in the restaurant on the European jDlan, at all hours, at most 
reasonable prices. All the delicacies of the season are furnished, and 
sea-food, clams, fish, etc., is a specialty. The wines, liquors, cigars, 
etc., are the choicest. Excellent misic is provided. Otto Huber's 
lager is drawn fresh and cool from the wood. 

ATLANTIC PARK HOTEL. 
The extreme end of the long line of summer hotels on Rockaway 
Beach, is considered by many the most desirable portion of this 
famous watering place, and that is the location of the Atlantic Park 
Hotel, one of the best public houses along the Long Island seaboard. 
At this point the surf bathing is exceptionally fine and all the sur- 
roundings are charming. The hotel stands on elevated ground, and 
commands a magnificent view of the ocean, the bay, and the adjacent 
country. Attached is a large and beautiful grove for excursionists, 
where under the shade of the fragant cedars they can enjoy the full 
benefit of the cool sea breezes. There is a very large superior danc- 
ing platform, a shooting gallery and bowling alleys. The house con- 



GUIDE TO EOOKAWAY BEACH. 25 

tains pleasant rooms for numerous guests, and a very excellent 
restaurant furnishes meals at all hours. The wines, liquors, lagre 
and cigars are the very best, everything is first-class, and all charges 
are reasonable. There are 200 bathing houses. A broad plank walk 
leads direct to the railroad station, and to Hammell's steamboat land- 
ing. Capt. John Kreuscher, of Brooklyn, is the popular proprietor. 

THE HANOVER HOUSE 

Is located between the two railroads, and not far from the new Iron 
Pier, in a very central position. This is a new and finely built edi- 
fice, and is surrounded by a grove of cedars, where tables and seats 
are provided for guests who prefer refreshments in the open air. 
The proprietor, Mr. L. A. Wollenweber, presents every attraction 
possible to visitors. There are nine sleeping rooms which are rented 
by the day or the week, and meals can be had in the restaurant at all 
hours. The lager, wines, segars and liquors are of the very best 
quality. There are two new and splendid billiard tables of Decker's 
best make. This place is very near the seaside landing, as well as to 
the railroad stations, as well as to the new grand Iron Pier, (five 
minutes' walk only being required) and is one of the most desirable 
resorts of its kind on the Beach. 

GRIFFING'S GROVE COTTAGE. 

Thousands who read this guide will have pleasant recollections of the 
popular resort known as •' the Little Coporal" located in Fourteenth 
street, next door to the Lyceum Theatre. New York, and of its popular 
conductor who is now proprietor of Griffiug's Grove Cottage, at Rock- 
away Beach. This cosey house is about midway between the sea side 
landing, and the beach, and its piazza joins the platform of the L. I. 
Railroad Station. Here are superior grove accommodations for pic- 
nic parties, besides a restaurant very pleasantly arranged in the 
house. Meals are furnished to order at all hours, at popular prices, 
and roast clams are a specialty. All trains stop at the door. The 
finest wines, segars, etc., are furnished, and everything is first-class. 

FRITZ SCHUBER'S HOTEL. 

This is one of the largest hotels on the beach and is situated most 
eligibly and conveniently on Remsen avenue, just opposite the 
museum and half way between the seaside landing and the ocean 
beach. The proprietor, Mr. Fritz Schuber, is the owner also of the 
well known and popular restaurant at No. 91 Walker street, between 
Broadway and Elm street New York. His name is a sufficient guar- 
antee as to the style and character of his arrangements, and many 
will enjoy the best of entertainment here this Summer. There are 
about 60 elegantly furnished rooms to let, and the restaurant seats 
about 150 persons. Meals are furnished at all hours, promptly, and 
all the delicacies of the season are on hand. The wines, lager and 



26 GUIDE TO EOOKAWAY BEACH. 

segars are the best, and all charges are very reasonable. There is a 
fine grove attached to the house, also a bowling alley and a shooting 
gallery. 

JOHN F. KYAN'S. 

Lovers of bivalves will find just what they want at tlie establish- 
ment of Mr. John F. Ryan, (in Schuber's block), who keeps an ex- 
cellent selected stock of oysters and clams, which are brought twice 
a day fresh from their salt sea bed. Claims are his specialty, and 
those who relish them, will find their heart's desire at Ryan's resort. 

MEHRTEN'S. 
Mehrten is another of the good fellows who take pride and use care 
in giving their customers the very best attention. At this place is 
kept an exceedingly nice stock of segars, tobacco, etc., also home 
brewed beer. Attached is a neat, cool and comfortable tonsorial 
pavilion where three artists are always on duty. He also deals in 
stationery and gent's furnishing goods. 

SOUTH SIDE HOUSE. 

This popular and successful hotel is most admirably conducted bj'- 
its proprietor, Mr, Asa W. Craft, whose name is familiar to many who ' 
will remember the neat and pleasant inn that he formerly kept in 
27th street. New York, opposite the old New Haven Railroad Depot. 
His present location is on Remsen avenue, the main thoroughfare 
between the sea side landing on Jamaica Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean 
Beach, and grand new Iron Pier. There are accommodations for 
40 boarders on the European plan, the restaurant furnishing the 
choicest delicacies of the season, to order, and promptly. An elegant 
regular dinner is served for 50 cents. The finest wines, liquors and 
cigars are kept at the bar. All charges are very reasonable and every- 
thing is first-cla^s (as was always the case in the inns kept by mine 
host Craft. ) Otto Huber's lager is kept at this establishment. 

THE HOLLAND HOUSE. 

This is strictly a family hotel, of the quietest, neatest and most 
comfortable character, and is the oldest in the vicinity. Mrs. Holland, 
the matronly owner, manages everything personally, and every guest 
receives particular attention and good care. There are about 25 
rooms very pleasantly located and nicely furnished. Visitors who 
desire a good, quiet, and admirably conducted home will find it here. 
Mr. Michael Holland is associated with his mother in the management 
of affairs. A fine regular dinner is served for 75 cents, and board 
either weekly or transient, can be had at very fair prices. The lo- 
cation is near Holland's Station, L. I. Railroad, and third landing by 
boat. 

GROBE & BECKER. 

These gentlemen are proprietors of a finely located pavilion on 
Ocean Avenue; at Holland Station. Their platform is 100x40 feet, 



GUIDE TO ROOKAWAT BEACH. 27 

and affords a fine prospect of the great Atlantic, whose curling surf 
at this point presents great attractions to bathers. The restaurant is 
admirably managed, and is capable of seating 200 persons. Meals on 
the European plan are served to order at short notice, at all hoars, at 
reasonable prices. A very excellenl. regular dinner is provided for 75 
cents. The choicest wines, liquors, beer and segars are furnished at 
the bar. There is a shooting gallery and 125 bath houses. A superb 
band is always in attendance. The Oriental Brewery supplies the 
lager to this establishment. 

SEA SIDE DRUG STORE. 

At the most central point on Remsen Avenue is located the drug 
store of Messrs. Vincent & Muir. Such an establishment ranks high 
among the most important necessities of the place. The proprietors 
are gentlemen of eminent fitness for their business, their experience, 
training, education and pleasant address constituting the best of 
recommendations. They give particular attention to the compound- 
ing of physicians' prescriptions, at all hours, and always keep on 
hand a full stock of fresh drugs, medicines, toilet articles, etc. 
Also a variety of choice native and tropical fruits. Soda water with 
the richest flavored syrups, also cigars and tobacco. This location 
is directly opposite the Museum. 

THE MECHANICAL MUSEUM. 

By far the most interesting place to visit at Rockaway Beach, ex- 
cepting the grand new colossal hotel, is Allen's Mechanical Museum. 
This institution is not to be compared with the pretentious and 
worthless " shows " that sometimes are met with at popular resorts, 
but is a remarkable and superior combination of artistic, mechanical, 
and scientitic wonders that are unrivalled in the world. Mr. Norman 
Allen, its originator, has achieved merited distinction as a scientist 
and inventor, and numerous testimonials from eminent scholars and 
men of genius prove the high order of talent and skill that he has at- 
tained. The Museum is situated at the most central point, being on 
Remsen Avenue, midway between the Seaside landing and the grand 
Iron Pier. The building is two stories in height, and covers 100x200 
feet of ground. Rising above the structure is a Chinese Trellis 
Tower", 75 feet high, with a circular iron stairway, from the top of 
which a magnificent view of the ocean and the surrounding country 
is afforded. Recently he has added $25,000 worth of wax figures, 
among which are Washington crossing the Delaware, Napoleon III. 
lying in state (groups); the crown Prince of Germany, Mrs. Harriet 
Beecher Stowe, Queen Victoria, Longfellow, Prince of Wales in full 
regalia, M. W. G. M., G.— of England, Sleeping Beauty, Good 
Samaritan, Rip Van Winkle, John Hancock, Benj. Franklin, John 
Quincy Adams, Martha Washington, Presidents Grant and Lincoln; 
Webster, Clay, Calhoun, Jefferson Davis, etc. ; Washington on horse- 



28 GUIDE TO BOCKAWAY BEACH. 

back, and Rip Van Winkle awakening fiom his long sleep are moving 
figures, most wonderfully life-like. 

The tropical forest with flying birds, the trains of cars run by 
locomotives with real steam, minature cascades, Rocky Mountain 
scenery, village and farm scenes, Niagara Falls, with real water, 
steamboats sailing in lakes, West Virginia scenery, over-shot mills in 
operation, blacksmiths at work, mechanical figures representing ball- 
room scenes, cat tea-parties, etc., are marvelously beautiful and 
strikingly interesting. 

This array of intricate and ingenious mechanism is moved with 
wonderfully natural effect by a stationary steam engine. The other 
attractions consist of the Elephants, the Mammoth, the Sea Serpent, 
the Giant and Giantess, (18 feet high, ) the trained Gorilla, the monkeys, 
etc., the diorama and music. Lectures and performances are given 
at intervals through the day. Although less extensive, this is a 
more interesting and instructive exhibition than Barnum's (former) 
Museum. 



THE MARVELLOUS ORGUINETTE 




The Mechanical Orguinette Co., 



CLARET WINES. 

lite juices. AIho, tli(! higher (/ratios of t-Ktueiued yoiiVM. 

.lOIIlM IMIIVCAN'S SCINM I'MOIV SHIAllE. 



PLAIVTEIV'S 

C. & C. CAPSULES 



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For livUiuK l^uinino and otlu-i- njiuML-ouf* Mvilieilu's, r'rro 
from tnste or Riuell, pri-Herving the teotli, nnd preveuliuf^ 
irritntion of tlio month nnd thioiit. lioxus of lOU nt 50 ct«. by 



The (h-eul KnqlM H, 
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I'KIV'S, ra Williimi «t 



DrSCOTT': 

ELECTRIC ^ 

mm erdsi 

lA REMARKABLE CURIOSITY. 



MINERAL SPRING 

WATERS, 



ItlMl IikIoi.,'!! ! 



Selters, Kissingen, Vichy, &c. 

CARL H. SCHULTZ. 
860 Broadway, 17th Street, and Union Square. 



DeUuc! S, P. 
Hair Ionic. 

Delluc's Toilet 
Waters. 

Dellucs Sach- 
ets B'Iris. 

Delluc's Elixii 
of Caliiaya. 

Dellucs Comp. 
Orris Tooth 
powder. 



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SOLD EVEF 



Finest and 
Choicest Im- 
ported Per- 
fumes. 
Ladies Toilet 

Articles. 
Face Powder's. 
Rouges &c. 
Foreign and 
Domestic. 
Medicines. 



DUNHAM'S 

MANHATTAN BITTERS 

K. S. Dunham Manufacturing Co. 

EOCE CANDY SYEUi' A SPECIALTY 

BITTERS, SYRUPS AND CORDIALS OF ALL RINDS. 

250 Mercer Street., near 3d Street 

NEW YORK. 



DR. DOWNES' 



DENTAL PARLORS 

14 BARCLAY STREET, 

NEW YORK. 

8 doors fromAstor House, 1 door from SL Peter's Church. 



DOWN TOWN BU SINESS PUBLIC, 

Saving both time and trouble of a journey from 

three to five miles up town during the 

Business hours of the day. 




7'Ar /Ulurr Kvrursioii Stainiri' CH.IM) irEI'l' li LI C. 
ii-liicli is the (ickitoivle<lged (/iieeii of the Jmericuii ])1eii.siire 
fleet, (iiiil the most gigantic of the regular line of Bork- 
(iti-dil Ixiafs under the j)ro})rietary management of Mi: R. 
('(trnell' Vhite. was liiunclied from the i/ard of Jlfessrs. 
John Knglis A' Son. .l/tril Gth 1878. She is J 00 feet in 
length u-ilh a deck Iweadth of 72 feet. Her materials are 
najstlij irliite oak. locust anil i/elloic pine. The nutgitip'cent 
fiigine u-hicli u-as irrought at the Ouiiitard, Iron Marks, 
hasf(,7()-iuch cylinder u-ith 1 J feet stroke, her inaaitnujn 
•V'l'ed being almuf 20 miles (tn hour. The boilers are tivo in 
number, each 27 feet long. The tcn.sile strength of the iro)i 
is ■') 1,000 pounds. Tlie boilers Itold r>0 tons of wdcr, xrhich 
iscoiulenscd bij Lig/dhall's process. Her joiner u'ork and 
decorations u-us done by John E. Hoffmire. Her ean-ying 



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d)Uiid(iidtii .-iupplied 



icith life .saving apparatus, the monhev of rafts, boats u ml 
f>re.serrers e.vceeding the requiremeids of the ceiiipcate 
issued by the I'nited States Board of Locrd Steamboat In- 
spectors. The .steamer is most con/foiiahly and eren lu.vur- 
iously furnished throughout. Every convenience that 
e.xjjerience .suggests or capital can secure is con.stantly 
added to her attractiveness. She is comnuinded by ( 'a plain 
J. A. Pease, and all lu-r officers and men, are uniformed, and 
subject to the strictest discipline, with a inew to the safety 
and, comfort of her patrons, and their peaceful enjoyment of 
the excursion trips. A full band of musicians (aids to the 
delight of her passengers. The tiout runs dailij. including 
Sundays, her .sister i-e.ssels bein^ the .Imcriius. .Idelphi 
and Columtnu. 



Wm. Wall's Sons, 

M.^NCl'Ai TCHKHSOl.' 

MANILA, SISAL JUTE AND TARRED 

CORDAGE AND OAKUM 

(:iin<i<ii>l nifiyinii. hist iiiiiilitii. i„ri,i!<h,il 

'I'OHC lliljl'.l lllllill , 

OFFICE. 113 WALL STREET. 

NEW YORK. 



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CONRAD STEIN'S 

WIENER LAGER BEER 

Brewery, 57tli Street, 

Between 10th and 1 1th Avos. New York 



Merchants' Hotrl, 

FOURTH ST., above Market St., 
Philadelphia. 

*iJ jirr t*ny. - I'lial-ctlWH lu livt-iy Ut!Mliv.*i-t. 

My loug tiQil viuiuil liotvl ttxporietiuo at llio (iiruvd Uouko, 
im.liT Mr. (itsorgo (i. PreBbnry; iil Uiirnum'H Hotel. nmU-r 
Hurmim ,tCo.; (it the St. Chui.l Hotol. with the Mnlltiu Hio- 
thtTH; and lately lut tlu' manii^or of thu Went End Hotel in 
tluK city in n Ktifflcieul giinritntooof thu fnithful purformnnoo 
nf iny iisHuninres to the travfliiin piihiio. 



FINEST OLD DUBLIN WHISKEY 

GEORGE ROE& CO.. 
Distillers, D-utolin, Irela-nd. 



Hdttlca bytbo DiHi 
liriind on inpKule. c 



1 ftnil pmtpclcd by tbeir naino and 
nbel niiil cHMo. For Hiile by grocers 



PURDY & NICHOLAS, Agents, 



PONDINE, 

to chi ck locnl penpirntioDH. eHpecinlly tboBe under the arm. 
Saves dresneB. Delightful nnd cwlyif; toilet appliunce. Ae 
tlie pcrHpiriition grow« leiw, the nttendnnt odor, bo unpleasant 
in nonic cages, nsturnlly disappears. Acknowledged by 
physicians to be entirely healthful. This new preparation 
is already very popular with Indies. Depots: CASWELL, 
HAZARD Jfc CO., and other prominent drug stores. Also, B. 
ALTMAN A- CO. For cironh.r, address P. O. Box 1999, N. Y. 



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FRITZ SCHUBER'S, 

HOTELAND RESTAURANT 

Opposite the Museum, 

Elegantly furnished rooms to let. Bowling Alley, Shooting Gallery, 
and Grove. The cigar stand connected with this establishment is a 
prominent feature of the Beach. 

SEASIDE HOUSE STATION, BY KAIL OR BOAT. 

SEA SIDE WALK HOUSE, 

AT 

ROCKAWAY BEACH, 

With Pic-Nic Grove Attached. 

Wines, Liquors, Beer and Cigars. Private Board by the day or week. 
By Rail— Sea Side Station. By Boat— Second Landing. 

E. E. DATZ, Proprietor. 

THE 

Plumbing and Gas Fitting Work 

IN THE 

Mammoth Hotel at Rockaway Beach, 

WAS DONE BY 

ROBERT ENNEVER & SON, 

THEIE PLACE OF BUSINESS IS AT 

ESTABLISHED 1812. 



ASA W. CEAFT, 

South Side House, 

SEASIDE SECOIVO LATVOIIVO, 

Rockaway Beach, 

WINES, LIQUORS, AND CIGARS OF THE BEST BRANDS. 

Restaurant Attached. Popular Prices. 

GRAND REPUBLIC HOTEL, 

AND Vienna CAFE. 

COGHLAN & FINKENSTEIN, Proprietors. 
Second Landiiig', 

First class Restaurant. Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars — Best 
Surf Bathing. 

HOTEL STUTTGART, 

HENRY HILLMEYEB, Prop. 

Cor Ocean and Conway Avenues, Near the Iron Pier. 



Board by the day or week at reasonable prices. Ales, Wines, 
Liquors, and Cigars oi the best. New York, Cincinnati and Mil- 
waukee Lager Beer drawn from the wood. 



SURF PAVILION. 

HOTEL AND EESTAUHANT, 
rock:^a\^a.y beach, l. i. 

Eldert's Grove by Railroad. Eldert's Dock by Steamboat. 

A Sijlendid Dtincing Platform for the accommodation of Pic-nics, 
Excursionists, ttc, which can be closed in case of high wind or rain. 
First-Class Music always in Attendance. The Finest Surf Eatning 
in the World. 

HARPER & STUMPF, Proprietors. 

FLXJL.A.:iSriD'S 

Sea-Side Pavilion, 

BY BOAT, 3d LANDING. BY L. I. R. R., 3d STATION. 

Within twenty feet of the sarf. Dancing Platform 75x90 feet. Dining 
Room 130x30 feet. 30 splendid Sleeping Rooms. 150 Bath Houses. 
Promenade Piazza 350x15 feet. Bar and Bowling Alley. Brass and 
String Band. Popular prices. 

ALBERT RUL AND, Proprietor. 

OL.A.FlEIsr3DOISr. 

RocKAWAY Beach, 

A SELECT SEASIDE HOTEL, ON THE SURF, NEAR THE IRON PIER, 

FIRST CLASS BAR AND RESTAURANT. 

Safe Batliiiig Facilities. 

H. E. LEAMAN, Proprietor. 




Atlas Hotel, 

CURLEY& SHEERAH, 

I'roprietor's. 

Second Steamboat Ijanding;, 

ROCKAWAY BEACH. 




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A first-class Restaurant and Bar 
at New York prices. 

ALSO, 
200 Best Iniproved Bathing Houses, 



Sea View Cottage, 

SEASIDE LANDING, 
ROCKAWAY BEACH, L. I. 

On the European and American Plan. 
ROOMS, - - - . - - $1.00 PER DAY. 

J. H. WATERS, Caterer. 

Formerly of Elm Park, Staten Island, and the Central Hotel, New 
York. Fine Dining Room. Dinner is served in home style, 60 cent. 
Bill of Fare for regular dinner, includes, Soups, Fish, Clams, Meats 
Vegetables, Pastry, Puddings, Tea and Coffee. Everything clean 
and homelike. 



GAS FIXTURES, 

Fine Clocks and Bronzes, 

POUCELAm LAMPS 

AND 
IN GKEATEST VAKIETY AND AT LOW PMCES. 

EXCLUSIVE DESIGNS, IF DESIRED, 

specially adapted to furniture and decoration, un- 
equalled in excellence of style and workn:ianship. 

Mitchell, Yanee & Co., 

836 and 838 BROADWAY, 

NEW YORK. 



A. C. L. & O. MEYER. 

Importers and Commission Merchants. 

49 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK 

60LE AGENTS FOB THE 

ANHEUSER - BUSCH 

BREWING ASSOCIATION 



SiLouisLagerBeer 

KED LABEL.— Bottled in 
St. Louis for Export, and guar- 
anteed to keep in any climate. 

BLUE LABEL.— Bottled in 
New York for hotel and family 
use. 

This celebrated Beer is the 
only domestic Lager Beer sold 
on draught at the new Metro- 
politan Conceii Hall, Broadway 
and 4:1st street, New York. 

ALSO, SOLE AGENTS FOR 
ED, SAARBACH & CO. 

Mayence- on-the-Rhine. 

Rhine and Moselle Wines, 
Sparkling Moselle 
Sparkling Burgundy, 

Etc. Ete. 

The above beer and wines 
will be found for sale at the new 

EocKAWAY Beach Hotel. 




EDWARD SAARBACH & CO. 

^^ -7^ MAYENCE ON THE > HINE— c «-1 




---^RHINE WINES^ 

49 BROAD ST., NEW YORK. 

rOR Ult Sr Alt ftEBPECTASlB WtKK 
JWlROHANTa AKD ftROOEBS. 



